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At the request of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board is considering a proposal to realign the entrance ramp from Constitution Avenue to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge. Following is a statement from the U.S. Institute of Peace regarding that proposal.
Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman joined the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior advisor, USIP announced today. He stepped down in March as President Barack Obama’s special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, a position he had held since March 10, 2011. His work at USIP will focus on the roles of special envoys, such as when and under what conditions they are most effective, as well as how the U.S. government can most effectively interact with rogue states with which the U.S. nevertheless has import...
Support for credible Afghan elections in 2014 should be the top priority of U.S. Afghanistan policy over the next year, according to Andrew Wilder, director of Afghanistan and Pakistan programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, who told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that such support is the “single best opportunity to protect the tremendous achievements of the past decade.”
The United States Institute of Peace announced today that Ambassador Johnnie Carson has joined USIP as a senior advisor. Carson stepped down as assistant secretary of state or the bureau of African affairs on March 29, 2013. His work at USIP will continue his focus on African issues and will look at new challenges to Africa’s stability and growth, peacekeeping operations, democracy promotion, and conflict prevention and resolution methods.
The U.S. Institute of Peace announced today the state-level winners of the 2012-2013 National Peace Essay Contest (NPEC). Each of the 50 high school students received an academic scholarship for their essays on “Gender, War, and Peacebuilding.”
Jim Marshall, president of the United States Institute of Peace, has been appointed to the congressionally-mandated National Defense Panel, which assesses the Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). Marshall was named to the panel by U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee.
For Immediate Release Contact: Paula Burke, 202-429-4778 Steven Ruder, 202-429-3825 (Washington)—The United States Institute of Peace releases a new volume that identifies community colleges as major force in strengthening global education and promoting broad-based educational strategies to advance peace. Edited by David J. Smith and including contributions by 23 experts from the education and peacebuilding field, Peacebuilding in Community Colleges: A Teaching Resource is designed to gu...
(Washington) – Robin Wright and Daniel Brumberg, experts with the U.S. Institute of Peace, are available for comment on Friday’s presidential election in Iran.
(Washington)—The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) releases Conflict Analysis: Understanding Causes, Unlocking Solutions, by Matthew Levinger. A definitive primer, Conflict Analysis introduces a wide range of analytical tools that will help practitioners and nonspecialists identify emerging threats of deadly conflict as well as opportunities for managing or resolving a conflict. The tools include early warning watchlists and conflict metric instruments, conflict assessment frameworks, n...
(Washington) – At the closing event of the National Peace Essay Contest (NPEC) program on June 20, the U.S. Institute of Peace recognized three high school students for their essays on the role of gender in conflict. Molly Nemer of Minnesota took home first prize and a $10,000 scholarship; Anna Mitchell of Michigan was the second place finisher and will receive a $5,000 scholarship; and Bo Yeon Jang representing the category of American students studying abroad earned the third place scholars...